Adopted as a basis the draft Law On De-Sovietization of the Legislation of Ukraine

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
Published on 20 May 2021, at 14:15

Adopted as a basis the draft Law No. 4284 "On De-Sovietization of the Legislation of Ukraine".

The draft Law No. 4284 invalidates the normative legal acts dating back to the Soviet period, recognizes as not applicable in the territory of Ukraine acts of bodies of state power of the USSR, except for their provisions that do not contravene the Constitution and the Law of Ukraine 'On Legal Succession'.

The draft Law amends the Code of Labor Laws of Ukraine so as to get rid of Soviet terminology: replaces the term “people’s economy” with “the economy of Ukraine”; “owner” with “employer”; “working person” with “employee”; “higher-level bodies” with “higher in the order of subordination”; “progressive” technologies with “modern”; removes “atmosphere of intolerance of violations of labor discipline, strict comradely exactingness towards workers performing their labor duties in bad faith”; tasks Ministries and other central executive bodies with the development and approval of relevant normative legal acts.

In particular, the Cabinet of Ministers will be obliged to develop and submit for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada Draft Labor and Housing Codes and the Administrative-Delict Code.

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